Home Made Woodworking Accents and Decorations #1: My First Mosaic Pin

After having recently paid $25.00 for a little 8” piece of mosaic pin that I used on my last box, I decided to start making my own. Here is my first one. It’s not epoxied up yet, but you can see the pattern pretty well. This piece is about a foot long and cost me about $10.00 to make.

-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/

Please explain what are these, how did you make it?You caught me totally off guard.

- oldnovice

They’re usually used by knife makers to embellish or decorate the handles of the knife. In those cases, they go all the way through the scales and help,to hold the blade in place, like a rivet or a pin. I find them to be beautiful when applied to woodworking, and used them in one of my recent projects here:

I’ve dabbled with making wooden inlays the same way. You stack the pieces together to make the design “loaf” then cut a piece off the end to use. Never thought about doing something like this with metal but once again this is a “wow that’s simple why didn’t I think of it” moment. Thanks for the post.

-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"

I ve dabbled with making wooden inlays the same way. You stack the pieces together to make the design “loaf” then cut a piece off the end to use. Never thought about doing something like this with metal but once again this is a “wow that s simple why didn t I think of it” moment. Thanks for the post.

- EarlS

I’m standing on the shoulders off giants here, but thanks!

-- There are good ships and there are wood ships, the ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships and may they always be. http://www.geraldlhunsucker.com/